English
intaminated
Intaminated comes from Latin intaminatus ‘unsullied, undefiled’, and goes back to (con)tāminātus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE(con)tāminātus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintaminatus‘unsullied, undefiled’
- Englishearliest quotation 1691intaminated
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE(con)tāminātus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintaminatus‘unsullied, undefiled’
- Englishearliest quotation 1691intaminated
Earliest quotation: 1691, Anthony Wood, Dom. 1500: “intaminated Frisic language”.
Every English word from Latin (con)tāminātus
Today it means
adj uncontaminated
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin (con)tāminātus / intaminated